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51BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… …
52ENGLAND — The British Isles were unknown to the Jews until a late date, and the settlement of the Jews in medieval England was among the latest in Europe. It is possible that a small nucleus was to be found there under the Romans and that in the Saxon… …
53space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
54Rudolf Hilferding — (10 August 1877 ndash; February 11, 1941) was an Austrian born Marxist economist, leading socialist theorist,International Institute of Social History, Rodolf Hilferding Papers . http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/h/10751012.php] politician and …
55Nokia — This article is about the telecommunications corporation. For the Finnish town, see Nokia, Finland. For other uses, see Nokia (disambiguation). Nokia Corporation Type Public company Traded as …
56Kone — Infobox Company company name = Kone Corporation company company type = Public (OMX|HEX29981|KNEBV) foundation = 1910 location city = Espoo location country = Finland key people = Antti Herlin (Chairman of the board), Matti Alahuhta (President and …
57Second Stadtholderless Period — The Second Stadtholderless Period or Era ( nl. Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the designation in Dutch historiography of the period between the death of stadtholder William III on March 19 [This is the date from the Gregorian calendar that… …
58Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — Infobox minister office border = parliamentary minister = prime title = Prime Minister jurisdiction = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incumbent = Gordon Brown tookoffice = 27 June 2007 appointed by = Elizabeth II monarch …
59international payment and exchange — ▪ economics Introduction international exchange also called foreign exchange respectively, any payment made by one country to another and the market in which national currencies are bought and sold by those who require them for such… …
60Nguyen Cao Ky — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Ky. Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam …
